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Io: Volcanic thermal sources and global heat flow by Veeder, Glenn J., Davies, Ashley Gerard, Matson, Dennis L., Johnson, Torrence V., Williams, David A., Radebaugh, Jani

“…► Thermal emission from 240 volcanic features on Io equals 55% of Io’s total heat flow. ► Energy emanating from paterae alone represents 46% of Io’s total heat…”
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Map of Io’s volcanic heat flow by Davies, Ashley Gerard, Veeder, Glenn J., Matson, Dennis L., Johnson, Torrence V.

“…•We have mapped Io’s volcanic heat flow and identified areas of high heat flow.•Volcanic heat flow is far from uniform, suggesting possible mantle…”
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Cryolava flow destabilization of crustal methane clathrate hydrate on Titan by Davies, Ashley Gerard, Sotin, Christophe, Choukroun, Mathieu, Matson, Dennis L., Johnson, Torrence V.

“…•On Titan, destabilization of crustal MCH by cryolavas can release trapped methane.•This methane contributes to Titan's current atmospheric methane…”
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Io: Heat flow from small volcanic features by Veeder, Glenn J., Davies, Ashley Gerard, Matson, Dennis L., Johnson, Torrence V., Williams, David A., Radebaugh, Jani

“…•We construct infrared color ratio images of Io from Galileo NIMS data.•Nine new faint thermal sources are identified at high spatial resolution.•All of these…”
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Enceladus: A hypothesis for bringing both heat and chemicals to the surface by Matson, Dennis L., Castillo-Rogez, Julie C., Davies, Ashley Gerard, Johnson, Torrence V.

“…► Enceladus’ plumes and thermal anomalies are hydrothermal phenomena. ► Warm subsurface ocean water supplies heat to the surface and to the plumes. ► Dissolved…”
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Enceladus' plume: Compositional evidence for a hot interior by Matson, Dennis L., Castillo, Julie C., Lunine, Jonathan, Johnson, Torrence V.

“…The combined observations of Saturn's moon Enceladus by the Cassini CAPS, INMS and UVIS instruments detected water vapor geysers in which were present…”
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Implications of Rotation, Orbital States, Energy Sources, and Heat Transport for Internal Processes in Icy Satellites by Hussmann, Hauke, Choblet, Gaël, Lainey, Valéry, Matson, Dennis L., Sotin, Christophe, Tobie, Gabriel, Van Hoolst, Tim

“…Internal processes in icy satellites, e.g. the exchange of material from the subsurface to the surface or processes leading to volcanism and resurfacing…”
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An overview of the descent and landing of the Huygens probe on Titan by Sollazzo, Claudio, Couzin, Patrice, Pérez-Ayúcar, Miguel, Lebreton, Jean-Pierre, Witasse, Olivier, Matson, Dennis L, Jones, Jeremy B, Atkinson, David H, Schipper, Anne-Marie, Gurvits, Leonid I, Blancquaert, Thierry, Kazeminejad, Bobby

“…Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is the only Solar System planetary body other than Earth with a thick nitrogen atmosphere. The Voyager spacecraft confirmed that…”
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Cassini's geological and compositional view of Tethys by Stephan, Katrin, Wagner, Roland, Jaumann, Ralf, Clark, Roger N., Cruikshank, Dale P., Brown, Robert H., Giese, Bernd, Roatsch, Thomas, Filacchione, Gianrico, Matson, Dennis, Ore, Cristina Dalle, Capaccioni, Fabrizio, Baines, Kevin H., Rodriguez, Sebastien, Krupp, Norbert, Buratti, Bonnie J., Nicholson, Phil D.

“…•Tethys exhibits spectral variations unique in the saturnian system.•The formation of Ithaca Chasma is not related to the Odysseus impact event.•Odysseus might…”
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Charting thermal emission variability at Pele, Janus Patera and Kanehekili Fluctus with the Galileo NIMS Io Thermal Emission Database (NITED) by Davies, Ashley Gerard, Veeder, Glenn J., Matson, Dennis L., Johnson, Torrence V.

“…Using the NIMS Io Thermal Emission Database (NITED), a collection of over 1000 measurements of radiant flux from Io’s volcanoes (Davies, A.G. et al. [2012]…”
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Global near-IR maps from Gemini-N and Keck in 2010, with a special focus on Janus Patera and Kanehekili Fluctus by de Pater, Imke, Davies, Ashley Gerard, McGregor, Alistair, Trujillo, Chad, Ádámkovics, Máté, Veeder, Glenn J., Matson, Dennis L., Leone, Giovanni

“…•Global maps of Io’s volcanic activity in 2001 and 2010 differ dramatically.•Thermal emission from Janus Patera is relatively steady from 1996 to 2010.•Thermal…”
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Carbon dioxide on the satellites of Saturn: Results from the Cassini VIMS investigation and revisions to the VIMS wavelength scale by Cruikshank, Dale P., Meyer, Allan W., Brown, Robert H., Clark, Roger N., Jaumann, Ralf, Stephan, Katrin, Hibbitts, Charles A., Sandford, Scott A., Mastrapa, Rachel M.E., Filacchione, Gianrico, Ore, Cristina M. Dalle, Nicholson, Philip D., Buratti, Bonnie J., McCord, Thomas B., Nelson, Robert M., Dalton, J. Brad, Baines, Kevin H., Matson, Dennis L.

“…Several of the icy satellites of Saturn show the spectroscopic signature of the asymmetric stretching mode of C–O in carbon dioxide (CO 2) at or near the…”
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Io: Heat flow from dark paterae by Veeder, Glenn J., Davies, Ashley Gerard, Williams, David A., Matson, Dennis L., Johnson, Torrence V., Radebaugh, Jani

“…► The longitudinal distribution of heat flow due to dark paterae on Io is bimodal. ► The heat flow from dark paterae on Io is larger than from dark volcanic…”
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Io: Loki Patera as a magma sea by Matson, Dennis L., Davies, Ashley Gerard, Veeder, Glenn J., Rathbun, Julie A., Johnson, Torrence V., Castillo, Julie C.

“…We develop a physical model for Loki Patera as a magma sea. We calculate the total volume of magma moving through the Loki Patera volcanic system every…”
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Atmospheric control of the cooling rate of impact melts and cryolavas on Titan’s surface by Davies, Ashley Gerard, Sotin, Christophe, Matson, Dennis L., Castillo-Rogez, Julie, Johnson, Torrence V., Choukroun, Mathieu, Baines, Kevin H.

“…As on Earth, Titan’s atmosphere plays a major role in the cooling of heated surfaces. We have assessed the mechanisms by which Titan’s atmosphere, dominantly N…”
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The Cassini/Huygens Mission to the Saturnian System by Matson, Dennis L, Spilker, Linda J, Lebreton, Jean-pierre

“…The international Cassini/Huygens mission consists of the Cassini Saturn Orbiter spacecraft and the Huygens Titan Probe that is targeted for entry into the…”
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VIMS spectral mapping observations of Titan during the Cassini prime mission by Barnes, Jason W., Soderblom, Jason M., Brown, Robert H., Buratti, Bonnie J., Sotin, Christophe, Baines, Kevin H., Clark, Roger N., Jaumann, Ralf, McCord, Thomas B., Nelson, Robert, Le Mouélic, Stéphane, Rodriguez, Sebastien, Griffith, Caitlin, Penteado, Paulo, Tosi, Federico, Pitman, Karly M., Soderblom, Laurence, Stephan, Katrin, Hayne, Paul, Vixie, Graham, Bibring, Jean-Pierre, Bellucci, Giancarlo, Capaccioni, Fabrizio, Cerroni, Priscilla, Coradini, Angioletta, Cruikshank, Dale P., Drossart, Pierre, Formisano, Vittorio, Langevin, Yves, Matson, Dennis L., Nicholson, Phillip D., Sicardy, Bruno

“…This is a data paper designed to facilitate the use of and comparisons to Cassini/visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) spectral mapping data of…”
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Post-solidification cooling and the age of Io's lava flows by Davies, Ashley Gerard, Matson, Dennis L., Veeder, Glenn J., Johnson, Torrence V., Blaney, Diana L.

“…The modeling of thermal emission from active lava flows must account for the cooling of the lava after solidification. Models of lava cooling applied to data…”
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Hydrated salt minerals on Europa's surface from the Galileo near-infrared mapping spectrometer (NIMS) investigation by McCord, Thomas B., Hansen, Gary B., Matson, Dennis L., Johnson, Torrence V., Crowley, James K., Fanale, Fraser P., Carlson, Robert W., Smythe, William D., Martin, Patrick D., Hibbitts, Charles A., Granahan, James C., Ocampo, Adriana

“…We reported evidence of heavily hydrated salt minerals present over large areas of Europa's surface from analysis of reflectance spectra returned by the…”
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Earth-Based Support for the Titan Saturn System Mission by Coustenis, Athena, Lunine, Jonathan, Lebreton, Jean-Pierre, Matson, Dennis, Erd, Christian, Reh, Kim, Beauchamp, Patricia, Lorenz, Ralph, Waite, Hunter, Sotin, Christophe, Gurvits, Leonid, Hirtzig, Mathieu

“…The Titan Saturn System Mission (TSSM) concept is composed of a TSSM orbiter provided by NASA that would carry two Titan in situ elements provided by ESA: the…”
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